Cheapest ways to do car shipping
With the advancement of technology and logistics infrastructure, nowadays customers have the luxury of picking between several methods of car shipping. Each comes with its own advantages and disadvantages. For a first time car shipper who’s confused about these methods of shipping and is looking for the cheapest ways to do car shipping, our hope is that this article will help in making your decision.
Car Shipping Dubai – CSD, being one of the best car shipping companies in the world, offers several methods of handling car shipping for you, each method with its own benefits and advantages. They are,
1. Car Shipping by Land Transport.
2. Car Shipping in Containers.
3. Car Shipping by Roll On-Roll Off (RoRo) car transport ships.
4. Car Shipping by Air Freight.
Car Shipping by Land Transport
For destinations that are accessible by land, we offer car shipping services through land transport as our primary mode of auto transport between the two countries. There are a couple of methods of land transport available. It can be shipped by a special surface truck called the recovery truck. This could be either an open dedicated recovery or a closed dedicated recovery truck. This is the rather luxurious mode of land transport as these vehicles will be solely transporting your vehicle. It is the fastest and the safest mode of land transport. It is preferred by our customers mostly due to this reason. Your car will be delivered within 2-3 days, depending on the destination city and the customs clearance process.
There is also the option of the shared car carrier. Your vehicle will be transported in a two storey car carrier with around 7 more vehicles. This is considered the budget option of auto transport and is considerably slower than the recovery truck. Although it is considered as the budget option, it still is very reliable, safe and will deliver your car within a week, depending on the destination city and the customs clearance process.
Car shipping through land transport is certainly an unique method of transportation that is offered to our customers due to the close proximity. It can be conducted with only a few countries nearby and is considerably cheaper and quicker as well, with high quality service.
Car Shipping in Containers
Car shipping in containers is the most common method of car shipping. We can either ship it through dedicated containers or consolidated containers. Dedicated container, albeit more expensive, provides the car with its own container where you can use the rest of the space ideally for a reasonable number of personal effects and items. Consolidated container is the more economical option with your car sharing the shipping journey in the container with one or two more cars in it. 20 foot and 40 foot containers are available for both shipping options. In both methods of shipping, our loading team will securely strap your vehicle.
Car Shipping by Roll On-Roll Off (RoRo)
Ro–Ro ships are large car ferries with no passenger accommodation used commonly for car shipping. This method of car shipping is suitable for shipping anything containing wheels including any type of vehicle from heavy-duty tanks and trucks to motorcycles. This is also a very cost-effective method of car shipping. However, you would be mistaken to disregard this option as a ‘cheap car shipping option’ as the vehicles are all securely loaded onto the ship and are completely safe, even from the elements. However, It is advisable to remove all personal belongings and effects from the vehicle apart from the key prior to shipping, to avoid unwanted claims of lost possessions.
Car Shipping by Air Freight
Car shipping by Air Freight is the quickest method of car shipping in our arsenal. So it is advisable to utilise this method for urgent car shipping needs with a tight deadline. However, it does tend to be comparatively more expensive than the other modes of car shipping. We have authorised agents from all the major airports to handle your shipment and from the major airlines to the freight services, we have all necessary authorities onboard for the car shipping through air freight.
From the above given methods of auto transport, it should be clear which method is the Cheapest way to do car shipping. If it is not, it is car shipping by land transport. Arguably the fastest method as well, land transport takes the crown as the cheapest car shipping option offered. If we are to dive deeper, the shared car carrier option of the land transport section is the cheapest of the lot.
However, the tricky situation is that this option of car shipping is only available for a limited number of countries based on land accessibility. In the case of land transport not being available for your country, Ro-ro shipping can be considered the cheapest option of auto transport available. You can contact our agents to inquire regarding which method of car shipping is the cheapest and whether land transport is available to your destination country.